Globally an estimate of 350 000 to 500 000 women die annually from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth. An adverse pregnancy outcome is an incident which reduces the chance of having a healthy baby, two ...

Determination of eligibility for disability pension is a challenging area in view of the complexities surrounding defining and measuring disability. Currently there is an absence of eligibility criteria for the disability ...

Namibia, one of the countries hardest hit by HIV/AIDS, has embarked on a large scale public health sector roll-out of ART. The Catholic Health Services is implementing an HIV/AIDS treatment program in the Andara district ...

Approximately hundred and twenty five million people worldwide wear contact lenses (Barr, 2006). The contact lens market is increasing at an alarming rate globally and Namibia is no exception, but there are no known national ...

Childhood immunisation is a cost-effective public health strategy. Immunisation is one of the most important preventive health actions in children’s lives as it provides protection against most infectious diseases. In ...

Upper Respiratory Tract Infections (URTIs) are viral in 80% of the cases (Mazur, 2010) but antibiotic prescribing in these illnesses still remains a problem in many places, where about 60% of patients with URTIs receive ...

Namibia has seen a decline in reported malaria cases of up to 97.4% between 2001 and 2011. The country was nominated as one of 8 countries in Southern Africa (E8) ready to move from the control phase to the elimination ...

Early diagnosis in cancer greatly affects treatment success of which the most important components are education (knowledge) and encouragement of the target population to participate in early diagnostic procedures (World ...

Nurses are exposed to high levels of occupational hazards. The researcher had a question as to whether nurses have knowledge on the work-related risks to which they are exposed, for them to be able to prevent and manage ...

Secondary stroke occurs in approximately one third of stroke survivors within five
years thus it is a major public health concern. Secondary stroke occurrences largely
represent failed secondary prevention. There is ...

Knowledge, attitude and practice of health care workers have a greater impact on proper waste segregation globally. Therefore, in this paper it was essential to explore the knowledge, attitude and practice of HCWs on waste ...